MARDAN: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MPA Iftikhar Mashwani on Monday claimed that four-year-old Asma who was found dead in the fields last month, was neither raped nor murdered but rather died a natural death.
Contradicting the statements of forensic experts who confirmed that the minor was raped before she was killed, Mashwani alleged that the district Nazim was scoring political points by lying that Asma was raped.
“The forensic report does not confirm that Asma was raped. She was neither raped nor murdered, she died of natural causes,” the MPA claimed, adding that the police would submit the case’s forensic report to the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday.
Mashwani further demanded that the apex court issue instructions for a second post-mortem in the case.
As a response to Mashwani’s latest claims, District Nazim Himayatullah Mayar questioned that if Asma was neither raped nor murdered then why were DNA samples of 243 suspects collected in the first place.
“If nothing happened, then why were DNA samples of 243 suspects collected [by the police]?” he said while addressing an ANP rally. “Even if she was not raped, she was murdered. Then why have the culprits not been arrested yet?” he continued.
Meanwhile, in the latest twist in events, Asma’s father Behram Khan stated that his daughter was not raped. The minor’s paternal uncle, Saifullah, said that no torture marks were found on her body when she was bathed by women of the family before being buried.
